Aims During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients continue to require urgent surgery for
hip fractures. However, the impact of COVID-19 on perioperative outcomes in these high-risk …

Healthcare professionals are at higher risk of contracting the new coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). Although appropriate preventive measures are the most important interventions …

The availability of resources and their concentration in the place of greatest need, will not
allow us to successfully overcome a medical surge without the energy required to activate …

Abstract Background Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are at the frontline in the fight against
COVID-19 and are at an increased risk of becoming infected with coronavirus. Risk of …

Background Moral distress adversely affects the delivery of high-quality patient care and
places health care professionals at risk for burnout, moral injury, and the loss of professional …

Rationale and objective In the pandemic's first year, frontline healthcare practitioners (HCPs)
experienced a disproportionate burden of COVID-19's negative effects, including infection …

This study aimed to assess the preparedness of European countries regarding personal
protective equipment (PPE) for health and care workers (HCWs), the COVID-19 infection …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of operating room nurses
(ORNs) of preventive practices in terms of protection against coronavirus disease 2019 …

What could we learn from a special issue of an orthopaedic surgery journal dedicated to a
deadly contagious viral disease? 2020 is a year marked in the History by the upraise of a …

Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are at the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 and are at
an increased risk of becoming infected with coronavirus. Risk of infection can be minimized …